Alan Lomax and Irish musician and scholar Seamus Ennis assembled this album — the first recorded survey of Irish traditional music — in 1951, in the western counties of Eire. “Spanning a variety of Irish traditions, and preserving performers long dead and styles now obsolete, this long out-of-print collection will be a revelation to many and provide insight into that different world of Irish music of the mid-20th century.” –Nicholas Carolan

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